KOLLAM: The Kollam Principal Sessions Court convicted nine accused in the murder case of RSS activist Kadavoor Jayan. The verdict will be pronounced on Friday. The court upheld the finding of the investigating team that Jayan was murdered out of resentment for leaving from RSS.

A nine-member team hacked him to death in daylight on February 7 in 2012 near Kadavoor Junction in Kollam. The Kollam additional sessions court had earlier found them guilty and had awarded life imprisonment and also slapped a fine of Rs one lakh each.

However, the accused moved the high court questioning the verdict. The high court upheld the defendants' contention that there was a lapse in the proceedings of the lower court and quashed the sentence. The case was sent back to principal sessions court for reconsideration.